Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Increasing cloudiness with rising tem- perature tonight, probably followed by light snow late tonight or tomorrow; colder tomorrow. Temperatures—High- est, 41, at 3 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 23. at 8:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 3. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 ch —— WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 108,521 No. 30,937. post office, Iintered as second class matter Washington, D, . WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JA UARY 12, 1929—TWE Y-EIGHT PAGES. * (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. FIREMEN - RESCUED AS S300000 BLAZE SWEEPS STORE OF DULIN & MARTIN 29 Maryland and Virginia Companies, Including 10 From Baltimore, Answer General Capital Alarm. HIGH WIND ENDANGERS BUSINESS DISTRICT Wall and Three Floors Collapse. * Three Trapped on Fourth-Story | Ledge Hang by Fingers Until Saved—Two Injured, Capt.! Thomas Taken IIL With ice forming on their clothing as they worked in a high wind that blew sparks two blocks away and threatened the business district, the entire fire-fighting force of Washington early this morning conquered a $300,000 fire in the store of Dulin and Martin, 1215 F street, after one wall and three floors of the building had collapsed, and three firemen had been rescued from a fourth floor ledge where they hung by theirI fngertips, trapped by the flames. When every piece of apparatus In the city had been called out by pix alarms, calls for help were broadcast to nearby Maryland and Virginia, and 29 additional com- panies, including 10 from Balti- more, responded. They were prdered to “fill in” at the vacant fire houses of the Washington gompanies, which were at the blaze. Capt. Frank Hellmuth of No. 2 pngine company, one of the trio tescued, is at Emergency Hospital suffering from serious burns of his face and hands. Together th Central Battalion Chief C. . Gill and Privates F.M. Mc- Anallen and M. T. Coleman of No. 2 engine, Capt. Hellmuth carried # rope up to the fourth floor with which it was planned to pull up & line of hose. Rescued by Ladder. Battalion Chief Gill became separated from the rest on the fourth floor, but #s Capt. Hellmuth and his men opened » door leading to a packing room in Which excelsior was burning they were met by a “back fire” which drove them back. The captain was burned as he Bt"empted to get through the flames ‘o e stairs. With the flames fast en- veloping them, the three men climbed through a window and held on to a ptone ledge beneath it while No. 3 Truck Company quickly ran a ladder up under the direction of Sergt. S. W. Rufner and rescued them. Pvt. Fitzhugh McCandlish, 23, of 507 Sixth street northeast, suffered lacera- tons to the chin and hands while fight- Ing the flames, and was treated at Emergency, but later returned to the fire. Capt. Charles Thomas of No. 10 engine was taken ill at the fire and sent home. There were several narrow escapes ps_the rear wall of Dulin & Martin's psed and portions of the roof and fhe four floors fell in. As the rear wall fell it brought down With it the roof and walls in the back of Rizik Brothers’ fur store, 1213 F | ptreet. Joseph Rizik, proprietor, who | had been summoned by William M. Grimes, 200 Massachusetts avenue, an employe of a burglar alarm company, was standing with Grimes in his store when the wall collapsed. and raced from e danger zone. ‘Watchman Discovers Blaze. The men say they had just walked foward the front of the store from the bne-story portion in the rear which was completely demolished. Rizik said it was |mpossible at present to give an estimate pf the damage to his store and stock. W. W. Hooks, assistant manager of he Queen Quality Boot Shop at 1213 street, was standing on a balcony in he rear of that store when the four hwrs of Dulin & Martin collapsed. Hez plso ran, but the only damage to his store at the time was a few broken rear window panes from flying bricks. The fire started from an unknown cause on the second floor of Dulin & Martin some time after midnight. Spe- rpial Officer McDermott, who is employed Bs night watchman by several mer- thants in the block, saw the flames {rom Thirteenth and G strect and turned in bhe first alarm from there at 3:16. He then rushed to the G street entrance pf Dulin & Martin's and knocked on fhe door to attract the attention of the watchman, who was on the first floor and knew nothing of the blaze. Deputy Fire Chief P. W. Nicholson responded on the first alarm and said that from Eighth and F streets he could gee flames pouring from the upper floors of the blazing building. They roke through the roof later. Second Alarm in Three Minutes. Chief Nicholson turned in a second plarm at 3:19, to which Chief Engineer George S. Watson responded and took charge of the fight to prevent the gpread of the flames. Successive alarms were turned in every few minutes until &t 3:37 the sixth had been pulled, sum- mfln].nl the 29 engines, 14 trucks, both scue squads and the water tower— every piece of apparatus in the city gxcept the fire boat. Another alarm was turned in from enth and G streets at 3:58 by a per- pon who saw the fire and evidently failed to note the engines. ' Just after that alarm Chief Watson nt a call to Baltimore and two bat- alions, consisting of 10 companies, un- der command of Battalion Chief Smith gnd Deputy Battalion Chief Cahl ptarted for Washington. Only nine of the Baltimore companies arrived, how- ever, one of them breaking down at urel. Chief Smith left Baltimore at 4 o’clock #nd arrived in Washington at 4:39. The first_Baltimore company did not get | Continued on Page 2, Colum 5,) Above: The empty shell of Dulin & Martin’s, photographed from the roof of an adjoining building, after it had been gutted by fire early this morning. Below: Capt. Frank Hellmuth of No. 2 engine company, rescued from a window ledge. He was badly burned. —sStar Staff Photos. DR. FRANK NORRIS' CHURCH BURNED Noted Fort Worth Edifice _and Sunday School Build- ing Destroyed. By the Associated Press. FORT WORTH Tex, January 12.— The First Baptist Church, of which Dr. J. Frank Norris, noted funda- mentalist, is pastor, was destroyed by fire here this morning, along with an adjacent four-story Sunday school building and gymnasium belonging to the church. When discovered about 6 am., the fire in the main building had a great headway and ate rapidly into the church, which was located in the heart of the downtown district and one of the city’s landmarks. ‘}"he bulk of the city’s fire-fighting forces responded to the alarm, and after two hours' hard fighting saved another four-story building owned by the church and known as the adminis- tration building. That building, which apparently was damaged only from the outside, supports the broadcasting tow- ers of radio station KTAT, controlled by the Texas Air Transport, One of the towers fell into the blazing church building. Storm Center of Church. r. Norris was in Austin this morn- ln?. ‘When notified of the fire, he left for Fort Worth at once by automobile. Dr. Norris has been the storm center of the Baptist Church in Texas for years, partly because of his vigorous efforts at general reform and partly as the result of his fundamentalist views. He came even more prominently into view two years ago when he shot and killed D. E. Chipps, wealthy lumber- man, in the study of the church. He was indicted and tried for murder, but was acquitted on his plea of self- defense. Once Accused of Arson. The pastor has repeatedly charged from the pulpit that threats have been made against his life and the church establishment. Recently he has been un- usually vigorous in campaigning against alleged vice conditions here. Dr. Norris was charged a number of years ago with burning a church of Wwhich he was pastor, but was acquitted after a long and stormy trial, one of the most sensational in the history of the State. He maintained that his enemies burned that church and laid the blame on him. 5 MAY REJECT FORD OFFER. Egyptian Government Will Not Consider Plan, Is Belief. CAIRO, Egypt, January 12 (#).—The Egyptian government was understood today not to be prepared to consider Henry Ford's proposal that he build a road in exchange for free entry of his cars into Egypt. An 8 per cent ad valorem duty is paid on Ford cars imported into Egypt. ‘The newspaper Siassa recently said that Mr. Ford had proposed that he con- struct at his own cxpense about 155 miles of roadway anywhere in Egypt and undertake its upkeep if the government would allow his automobiles to enter the country free of duty. RUINS LEFT BY F STREET FIRE STEWART FIGHTING T0 BLOCK OUSTER Appeals to Employe Stock- holders in Move to Check- mate Rockefeller. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, January 12.—The Tribune said today that Robert W. Stewart had begun a vigorous campaign among stockholders of the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana to retain his post as chair- man of the board of directors in the face of opposition from the Rockefeller interests. More than 16,000 employes of the company, who also are stockholders, have received requests from Col. Stew- art, the Tribune said, to fill in proxies to be voted for him at the annual meeting March 7 when he comes up for re-election to the executive leadership of the company. The employe-stockholders, as well as thousands of other stockholders of the company, also have - received ' letters from John D. Rockefeller, jr., asking them deposit their proxies with his commit in the move to oust Stewart from the board. . to the: ‘The-Stewart proxies, letters, were to be sent to a committee consisting of Col. Stewart himself, Bd« ward G. Seubert, president of the com- pany, and Felix T. Graham, secretary. ‘The newspaper interpreted this to mean that Seubert, who heretofore has taken a neutral ground in the Stewart-Rocke- feller dispute, had aligned himself with Col. Stewart. The Rockefeller letter to stockholders said that Mr. Rockefeller and that he had complete confidence in_Seubert and other board members. ‘The Tribune also said that another move contemplated by the Stewart forces is the declaring of a substan- tial stock dividend by the board. Col. Stewart was due back at his office from New York today. VERDICT DEFENDED. Stewart's Counsel Quote Jury’s “Vindi- cation.” Frank J. Hogan and Adkins and Nesbit, counsel for Robert W. Stewart, chairman of the board of the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana, in the latter's acquittal here on charges of perjury before a Senate oil committee, declared in a statement made public today “nothing could be further from the truth” than this verdict was based on a “technicality.” ‘The technicality reference, Hogan said, was said to have been contained in a letter sent by John D. Rockefeller, jr. to stockholders of the company seeking proxles for its annual meeting next March, in a move to oust Stewart from the Indiana board. “The verdict was. based,” Hogan's statement added, “upon the merits of the defense and the lack of merits in the prosecution.” In this connection, counsel made public a formal statement signed by the jurors declaring “it was our inten- tion that our verdict should stand as a vindication of Col. Stewart.” “Our attention has been called to press reports in which it is stated that our verdict was .based upon a technicality,” said the statement of the jurors. “This is not the fact. We con- sidered the charges on their merits and acquitted the defendant thereof.” “‘Our verdict was not based on the lack of a quorum in the Senate com- mittee. It was based on our belief, after hearing all the evidence, that Col. Stewart not testified falsely as charged.” x FIVE INFLUENZA DEATHS. 100 Cases of Disease Are Reported to Health Department. One hundred cases of influenza and five deaths from the disease were re- ported to the District Health Depart- ment today, bringing the total reported EIGHTH FLYER DIES AS PROBE IS BEGUN INTO PLANE CRASH Hope of Army to Learn Acci- dent Cause Is Dashed With Conroy’s Death. NO OCCUPANT LIVES TO EXPLAIN TRAGEDY Bolling Field Commandant Gets in Touch With Victims' Families to Plan Funerals. Flipped Coin Spells Death for Pilot of Bolling Field Plane By the Associated Press. MIDDLETOWN, Pa., January 12.—A flip of a coin decided who would fly the ill-fated Fokker, which crashed yesterGay with a loss of eight lives, on its return flight from the Army Air Depot here to Bolling Field. Capt. H. A. Dinger, who piloted the ship to this- airport, and Lieut. Henry R. Angell tossed the coin. Capt. Dinger won the toss and took the controls of an amphibian that had been re- conditioned in the Middletown shops and was ready to be re- turned to Washington. Upon his arrival at Bolling Field Capt. Dinger was informed of the accident and immediately took to the air and was back at Middletown within an hour to offer any help he could give. The hope of an Army board of in- vestigation to determine the cause of the crash of an Army plane from Bolling objected only to Stewart on the board, | broug! Field near Middletown, Pa., yesterday apparently was dashed today when death sealed the lips of the last of the eight men, victims of the worst tragedy in the recent history of the Army Air Corps. While arrangements were being made today to send to their final resting places the bodies of the officer and seven enlisted men from Bolling Field who died in the crash, the official board of investigation, composed of officers at the Middletown Army Field, was con- vened to review the circumstances lead- Col.| ing up to the accident, Owing to the fact that every man in the plane was instantly or died without being able to make any states ment and as the plane was demolished after striking a tree, the work of the board will be difficult and the true causes of the crash never may be de- termined. ‘The bodies of five of the men will be ht back to Washington and four of them will be buried in Arlington Na- tional Cemetery, it was announced at Bolling Field at noon today. The bodies will be brought here under mili- tary escort probably Monday morning and burial is to take place Tuesday. Lieut. Angel, McCarthy, LeHutta and Jones are to be buried in Arlington. ‘The body of Sergt. Cronan also will be brought here, but Bolling Field has been advised that he will be buried in some private Washington cemetery yet to be selected by his family. Pvt. Birch is to be buried in Chicago. Arrangements have not been completed for the burial of Sergt. Conroy and Pvt. Kelly, though it is thought that both will be sent to their homes. Sergeant Unconscious Until Death. The last of the eight men, Sergt. Patrick Conroy of New York City, died today in the Polyclinic Hospital at Har- risburg, Pa., according to Assochmted Press dispatches. He was the only man aboard the plane to live through the night. He was brought to the hos- pital with a fractured skull and died without regaining consciousness. Hi death removed the main hope of the ‘War Department investigation board in determining the cause of the crash. The other dead were: Second Lieut. Henry R. Angell, Bir- mingham, Ala., pilot of the plane. Staff Sergt. Henry Cronan, 421 Fifth street northeast. Staff Sergt. Rudolph J. Le Hutta, 1123 Fairmont street. Master Sergt. Joseph B. McCarthy, 1443 U street southeast. Pvt. Samuel P. Jones, Bellbuckle, Tenn. l,F’VL Michael D. Kelly, Minersville, a. Pvt. Clarence E. Birch, Chicago. The men had flown to Middletown from Washington yesterday morning on NETY \ A CLANT T APPV S Tr——— LACICE APPLIGR o HEX BOY PICTURES SELF AS GALAHAD Last Member of Accused Trio Says He Believed His Family Bewitched. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. YORK, Pa, January 12—A gawky Galahad from a chicken farm rode forth to battle nameless terrors of the dark in defense of home and mother—and woke up in the shadow of the electric chair. Such was the story told this morn- ing by Wilbert Hess, 18 years old, charged with the murder of Nelson D. Rehmeyer, elderly recluse and alleged witch, for which two other boys already have been sentenced to lfe impris- onment. . Young Hess told the jury he accom- panied John Blymyer and John Curry to the Rehineyer farmhouse on Thanks- glving eve, at the urging of his mother, to help hold the muscular alleged “witch” while Blymyer, who pre- tended to be a witch doctor, cut off & lock of his hair to bury eight feet'un- derground. He believed firmly, he said, that both he and his whole family were bewitched, since there could be no other expla- nation of the long run of bad luck which had beset them. In the struggle at the farmhouse Rehmeyer was killed by a blow on the skull. Case Ended in Three Hours. ‘The State’s case against Hess was concluded in three hours after celec- tion of the jury yesterday afternoon. Besides the thrice-told tale of the weird tragedy in Rehmeyers Valley Thanksgiving eve, the prosecution was based largely on a signed confession by the Hess boy, in which he said that he had been sent by his mother with Blymyer and Curry to obtain a lock of the aged recluse’s hair in order to break a spell which she believed Rehmeyer had thrown upon the family. Just previous to a run of bad luck, the confession stated, Hess had had trouble with his sister over a right-of- way. After that his father was sick and their chickens started to die and is | disappear. Blymyer, posing as a witch doctor, according to the confession, told Mrs. Hess that the aunt had employed Reh- meyer to cast a spell upon them, but that he, knowing the method of such sorceries, would be able to take it off for from $10 to $50. Hess' lawyer, Attorney Harvey A. Gross, showed a more aggressive atti- tude throughout than has been the case with the counsel for the other defend- ants. He fought stubbornly against the admission of the full confession. John Blymer, the child-like bewitched witch doctor now in the York County Jail under sentence of life imprisonment for the murder of Rehmeyer, apparently has been elevated by publicity to a lead- ing position among witch doctors with a (Continued on Page 4, Column 2. (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) co-ordinated. thus far in January to 1,106 cases and 26 deaths. Robber Eligible for Parole. COLUMBUS, Ohio, January 12 (#).— “Big Jim” Morton, Cleveland bank rob- ber, was made eligible for parole from the Ohio State Penitentiary here today when Gov. Donahey commuted his 15- year sentence. By the Associated Press. MARYSVILLE, Calif,, January 12.— Every member of a jury panel, who ad- mitted purchase of a bottle of liquor, was_disqualified by Superior Judge E. P. McDaniel here yesterday when at- terneys were selecting a jury to try Albert Rodoni, hotel man, charged with illegal possession of liquor. “If you buy a bottle of liquor, you possess it, and trying a defendant pharged with popsession befgge a Jury Entire Jury Panel, Admitting Liquor Purchases, Is Rejected for Court Service whose members violate the same law, would be like getting a jury of burglars to try a man charged with burglary,” said the court. Prospective jurors, who admitted pur- chase of illegal drinks were accepted, on the theory that the possession law in _that case was not violated. Under the judge's questions, a pane! of 34 veniremen was exhausted, and a second of 16 was called to fill out the jury box. Eight men and four women comprised the Jury finally selected, effort. Prizes of $175 cAre Offered for Community Chest Essays Washington’s Community Chest drive is near. Through it the city’s giving to charitable projects will Le Greater good is expected to be achieved with organized Citizens everywhere are uniting for the great fund-raising effort. These funds are to be distributed to 57 organized charities of the District during the course of the coming year. To further interest in the coming campaign The Evening Star today is offering prizes totaling $175 for the best essays to be written by Washingtonians on the advantages of the Community Chest in the National Capital. These essays must be under three hundred words in length. All'persons in Washington, except employes of The Star, are eligible to awards. Manuscripts must be submitted to the Community Chest Essays Contest Editor of The uary 23. Star before Wednesday, Jan- Their merits will be judged by a board of editors of The Star. That essay deemed best will be awarded a prize of $100. Second best, $50, and third best, $25. Be sure and enter your essay early. Do not delay. Acrobatic Burglar Tries Out New Feat To Avoid Footprints By the Associated Press. SALT LAKE CITY, January 12. —Burfllrs long have worn gloves to avol Here’s one d finger marks. who walks on his hands to pre- vent tell-tale footprints. Climbing to the top of a store here, the burglar walked on his hands across the snowy roof to a trapdoor, the police reported yes- terday. Then he kicked a hole through the ceiling and escaped with $135. FIXED FARE [SSUE DELAYS DECISION Maltbie Reopens Merger Ne- gotiations With Traction Of- ficials at Committee’s Urge. With the question of guaranteeing against any change in car fare for two years still at issue, the Senate sub- committee handling the street railway merger sent its expert, Dr. Milo R. Maltbie, back to the company officials for further negotiations following a two- hour session at the Capitol this morn- ing. Following the meeting Chairman Cap- per said the action of the subcommit- tee in striking the fixed valuation from the merger contract and providing for a revaluation appears to be no longer an obstacle to final agreement, but that the subcommittee’s declaration that street car fares should remain un- changed for two years has not been settled. Other Questions Still Open. ‘While there are certain other ques- tions still open to discussion, members of the subcommittee indicated the two- year car fare clause is the most impor- tant factor still the subject of confer- ence. 1t also was indicated at the Capitol that the subcommittee is not disposed to alter its decision of several days ago regarding continuation of the present rate of fare for two years. The orig- inal merger plan provided that the present rate of fares remain in effect for one year. Dr. Maltbie will go back into con- ference with the company officials this afternoon and probably will make another report of what developed to ths subcommittee this evening. Before the subcommittee met, Chair- man Capper saild negotiations were progressing, but that the subcommittee had not yet passed upon Dr. Maltbie's final recommendation based on his con- ferences with the traction officials. ‘The impression gained from mem- bers of the subcommittee is that the company officials are willing to try to work out an agreement based on the essential principles laid down by the Senate subcommittee several days ago, although they are understood to be still of the opinion that two years is too long a time in which to provide that there should be no change in rates of fare. The original plan carried a guarantee against rate cl for one year. May Give Plan to Cougress. It is possible the subcommittee will go ahead with presentation of the revised merger plan to Congress for action, al- though it may be found necessary to have the stockholders of the companies ?m on some of the modifications be- ore a merger is actually brought about. Dr. Maltble went to the Capitol early this morning following what probably | was his last conference with the trac- (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) CAPPER THINKS D. . DUE GREATER SUM Says Federal Payment of HOPE ABANDONED FOR FARM RELIEF AT SHORT SESSION McNary, After Conference With Hoover, Postpones Committee Call. WILL WORK ON HIS BILL BEFORE ADJOURNMENT Senator Expects Extra Congress to Open Around April 15 and Finish Work July 1. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. All chances of farm legislation at the present short session went a-glimmer- ing today. Senator McNary, chairman of the committee on agriculture, after a con- ference with President-elect Hoover at the latter's headquarters, announced to- day that in view of the situation which has developed he did not intend to call his committee together now for the consideration of the farm relief bill, ‘This bill has had the indorsement of the Coolidge administration and is believed to embody many of the ideas of Mr. Hoover for farm aid. ‘The Oregon Senator said he expected a special session to be called probably around April 15 for the consideration of farm legislation and for tariff re- vision. He said that the Republican leaders in Congress hoped they would be able to put through both the meas- ures by July 1. ‘Will Work on Bill. $9,000,000 Does Not Cover Responsibility. Chairman Capper of the Senate Dis- trict committee believes that a $9,000,000 lump sum does not adequately cover the responsibility of the Federal Govern- ment toward the upkeep of the National Capital in view of facts contained in ‘the report of the Bureau of Efficiency on fiscal relations. Senator Capper feels that if, as stated by the Efficiency Bureau, the Federal Government’s bill would be $7,440,939, if it paid property taxes on its holdings, then the difference between that sum and its $9,000,000 contribution does not fairly represent the general obligation of the United States to develop the Federal tor Capper called attention to the fact that because this is the Na- tional Cnplmhv:lvu d’n has ": ‘make many municipal expenditures in order to keep the city more attractive than otherwise would be the case. He pointed out that the District must give fire and police protection to Federal property. It is Senator Capper’s opinion that the Pederal Government has an obli- gation to improve and beautify the Na- tional Capital over and above the amount it would actually have to pay if United States property here were on a taxable basis. ‘The municipal finance committee of the Washington Board of Trade feels that the conclusions drawn by the bu- reau completely sustain the two main points which it has been trying to im- press on Congress. Joshua Evans, jr., is the chairman of the committee. f'-lfement issued by the committee fol- lows: “The municipal finance committee of the Washington Board of Trade, after studying the rather meager por- tion of the Bureau of Efficiency’s report on fiscal relations released for publica- tion, feels that the conclusions drawn by the bureau completely sustain the two main points with which the com- mittee has consistently tried to impress | tio: Congress. The bureau in its conclusion repeats these two points almost word for word: 1. at the solution of the fiscal relation problem may lie in determining the Government lability toward the cost of operation and maintenance of the Captial City along two lines; namely (1), its tax liability as a municipal tax- payer of Washington in connection with the ordinary costs of Government to the municipality, and (2), its lability on account of the loss of revenue and on account of extraordinary expenditures cccasioned by the fact that Washington is the National Capital.” “This is the contention of the Board of Trade, and the sum of $1,559,000 over and above its bare responsibility as a taxpayer, according to the bureau's fig- ures, which i1s indicated in the report as the Federal Government's share in the development of Washington, is greatly insufficient, the committee thinks. Even if we leave out such con- tentions as rapidly developing Federal areas due to the extraordinary devel- opment of this community as a Federal City, the economic ability of the non- industrial and non-commercial Capital which to us would even throw a greater responsibility upon the Federal Gov- ernment, it is inconceivable that the pople of this, the richest country in the world, only desires to expend $1,500,000 on their Nation's Capital. “We feel that the facts published so far preclude us from going into the methods of computation on the part of the Bureau of Efficiency which we, no id:&m. will have an opportunity to look “The real question is as set forth in the bureau’s report, does the Gov- ernment merely regard itself as a tax- payer to the District of Columbia or as the guardian and trustee of the American peoples’ Capital with full responsibility for its development, ac- cording to their wishes. “Wealthy Widow's” Wooers Break Up Concert on Learning of Practical Joke By the Assoclated Press. c a guest last night, was interrupted an & bn:rtl ,protest - against this American The man pulled a scented pink note from his poeket. ‘Immediately more than 100 other men in evening dress, sitting in the front rows, produced similar letters and protested with equal violence. Herr Mayer fainted. Music lovers behind the protesting men assaile them. The management called the po- lice and for 10 minutes bedlam reigned. Calm was only restored after the dis- turbers had been marched to police d | she did not appear one victim lost his headquarters. At palice hieadquarters it was learned. e L . that the men in evening dress and the composer-conductor had been victims of a pnct.lnnlu é:ke. ve! ys ago the newspapers printed an anonymous advertisement saying that the widow of a rich in- dustrialist was anxious to marry. responding to the advertisement were advised to sit in the front rows at the Philharmonis concert on Friday when they would find their heart's desire reccgnizable by white roses. uently the front rows were filled with men anxious w0 marry the rich widow and craning their necks for a sight of her white roses. When temper and protested, which led the other victims to produce their pink let- ters. Police began an investigation. Radio Programs—Page 28'{nkis S All | 88¢! Senator McNary expects to work on certain features of his farm bill be- March 4, whipping the measure into shape for introduction at the special session, even though he does not have the measure considered by the com- mittee now. It is understood that the powers of the proposed Federal farm board may be further enlarged and that further provision may be made for the better handling of perishable farm produce. The chairman of the Senate com- mittee on Agriculture did not call on Mr. Hoover until today, after the Presi- dent-elect had received the views of members of the Senate and the House on both sides of the question on hold- ing a special session of the new Con- gress this Spring. The information conveyed to Mr. Hoover has generally been to the effect that it would be im- revision g as st for early spedlglleulon as are demand farm relief at such a session. ‘While no definite date has been set for the return of Mr. Hoover to Wash- ington from Florida, where he to go next week, it is not improbable that e will return two weeks or 10 days be- fore his inauguration on March 4, ac- cording to reports about the Capitol. Other Callers Today. Among the other callers upon the President-elect . today were Chester Gray and Sam Thompson, representing the American Farm Bureau Federation, who have been strongly in faver of dealing with farm legislation at a spe- A | cial session of the new Congress. Still other who called at the Hoover headquarters were Senator Keyes of New Hamj , Steiwer of Oregon and Pine of Ol oma. Ogden Mills, Under- secretary of the ., and Repre- sentative Parker of New York, Repre- sentative-Elect Lankford of Virginia and Representative Chalmers of Ohio also discussed with Mr. Hoover various matters relating to the legislative situa- n. J. C. Penny, whose place Mr. Hoover has taken for his stay in Florida, was 2 luncheon guest of Mr. Hoover today. TENNESSEE EVOLUTION REPEAL T0 BE ASKED Author of Bill Desires to Save State From Ridicule, He Declares. By the Associated Press. JAMESTOWN, Tenn., January 12.— Declaring that “The monkey "bill is permitting people to make monkeys out of Tennessee,” Representative George L. Stockton of Fentress Count; announced here last night that he wfiv! introduce a bill to repeal the State's anti-evolution law. ' Representative Stockton’s decisfon came after the Fentress County Board of Education had dismissed cl of teaching evolution in the public schools against Prof. Elmore Gentry. Mr. Stockton declared he came here to “help in saving Jamestown from having a Dayton monkey trial” He said he did not desire particularly that evolution be taught in the schools, but wanted to save the State from ridicule. EX-U. S. CONSUL HELD LIABLE FOR SLANDER French Court Rules Diplomats Can’t Invoke Immunity in Unofficial Acts. By the Associated Press. ¢ PARIS, Jan 11.—The court of cassation, the highest judicial jurisdic- tion in France, ruled yesterday that American consul officers cannot invoke diplomatic immunity in suits arising from acts outside of their official func- tions. The Princess Zi Bige: low, former United States Consul in She alleged libel. ‘The Princess applied for a visa. Mr. Bigelow refused and was hmoud as saying that she was a st was given in the case of nt. The court, said Mr. Bigelow, was an- swerable for slander if he uttered the remarks credited to him. Ex-Kaiser Asks Book Ban. BmL%'N" January 12 ml;!bm‘n:; Kaiser lhelm today brought acti against the publishers of a German translation of Sir Frederic]